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...Workmen will continue excavating along Mt. Auburn St, for an indefinite period, a spokesman for the Cambridge Gas and Electric Company said last night...
Last June workmen repairing a building connected to the loggia probed a wall which Pope Paul III had put up across one end of the gallery in 1534 to strengthen its terminal arch. As the brick came away, they got a glimpse of bright design and glowing colors. For six months Dr. Deoclecio Redig de Campos, an assistant director of the Vatican's museums, bossed the delicate job of stripping away the rest of the wall, and last week he announced his discovery. Behind the bricks were two long, thin (12 ft. by 11 in.) sections of Raphael...
...sections and other parts of a house. In 27 minutes two men bolt the frames together, throw up the walls and hoist the roof in place. Insulating material, then three coats of stucco are put on the walls, while other crews put in wiring and plumbing; before leaving, the workmen lay bathroom and kitchen tiling and an asphalt driveway. Though there is nothing inside but bare studding, the house is ready for the buyer. It is up to him to finish it off with the kit of materials Nelson provides-everything from precut wallboard to paint brushes and hardware...
...have supported much of Dever's labor legislation, such as his liberalization of the Workmen's Compensation Act, added unemployment compensation benefits, and solid minimum wages. But Dever has profited as much as the labor unions, for labor feels it must reimburse him with support at election time. He is building a new state prison, he has virtually outlawed capital punishment. But when he had a chance to prove that he really believes in progressive penal methods, he turned his back and whimpered "what can I do?" This was when his Correction Commissioner attempted to oust the reforming woman superintendent...
Cold and new, Holmes Hall sits slightly bewildered in the unlovely corner of the Radcliffe quad. The workmen have just left Holmes. They left last Friday. They left behind them the unhealthy smell of newly dried paint and a cleanliness which is awesome...